Improvement in spoons



HENRY C. MILLIGAN.

, Improvement in Spoons. No 115 085 PatentedMay 23,1871.

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IMPROVEMENT IN SPOONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,085, dated May 23,1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY 0. MILLIGAN, of South Orange, in the county ofEssex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Spoon;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawingforming a part of this specification.

My invention consists in a new way of constructing a ribbedre-enforcement to the point of junction between the handle and bowl of aspoon.

1 will now proceed to describe all that may tend to throw light on orproduce a clear apprehension of my improved form of re-enforcement, andthen specify the same in the summary or' claim.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section; Fig. 2, a plan view of a spoonre-enforced at the point of strain according to my invention. Fig. 3 isa detail side view of the re-enforeement itself.

A is the bowl, and B the handle; both made in one, piece. 0 is a thickconvex rib, with spurs E thereunder. The latter is applied to the formeralong the neck which joins the handle and bowl.

Holes are made in the spoon to receive the spring, and are countersunkto allow them to be riveted flush with the surface of the spoon.

The advantage of this form of construction consistsin its comparativecheapness, strength, and durability.

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding ofmy invention, what I esteem to be new, and desire to protect by LettersPatent, is-

In combination with a bowl, A, and handle B, both made in one piece, thethick convex rib C, laid across the junction thereof, and rivetedthereto by the spurs E, as described.

HENRY C. MILLIGAN.

\Vitnesses:

GEO. W. MABEE, JNo. O. MILLIGAN.

